The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-05
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at St. Louis, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Cincinnati and Other Points.

ST. LOUIS. April 4.-Flour dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Cold. dry weather caused firm opening but
the decline in other markets. coupled with discour
aging cables started such free selling that prices
broke rapidly. Toward the close. under sharp de-
mand, prices recovered, and finished with nearby
months 1s lac below Saturday and newcrop months
79la0sOc: June. 79079lac; July, 770771ac;
Aug ooz nd all oGPg at bsa sss
cash, 35l9035ac; May, 354035 ssc; June 36ssc;
July 37ssc Oats quiet and lac lower; cash q slc;
firm but quiet; Minnesota sold at 62065c Hay
active; top grades firm; prairie. 10; timothy SO
a13-5o. Bran lower at 64065c; Eggs, easy at
10l4c. Butter quiet but firm; dairy, 15027c;
creamery, 2503oc. Corn-meal active at So
Whisky STEADY u $113: Provisions dull and only
$l7; old. s. $50. Lard lower at 707.25c. Dry
salt meat 10 lots shoulders 25c; long clear Sci
clear ribs. s.1oc; short clear $500 Bacon Shout
ders. 65Oc: long clear, $3.50 62l2c: clear ribs,
8603S.15c; short clear, S.750S.S Soc. Hams.
S11.50014. On the afternoon board wheat was
oats weak and l4c lower. Receipts-Flour, 5000
brls; wheat 10000 Blu; corn, Isl 600 bu; oats,
AZ 900 bu; rye, 1000 90 bq; barley II GOO 100 bu.
10 600 blu; oats 10000 bu; rye, none; barley,
5000 blu.
The Merchants Exchange will close tomorrow and
Good Friday.
PHILADELPHIA. April 4.-Flour steady with
moderate demand: Ohio and other Western clear $4
o4.25; do straight, ga 1894. so; winter. s4.45@
straight $4. 2064.5o: do patents: ga. 6o@5: Wheat
opened weak subsequently reacted and closed steady
No. red. April, $685. q S95sc; May, 90409Olsc;
June, 9ols a 9Osac; Ju,y. SEA 09OIec. Corn-Spot
firm and higher; futures dull and weak No 3 mixed,
in grain depot, 46iac steamer yellow No 2 on track,
grain depot and elevator; 47e; No. mixed, April,
457s0467sc; May, 467s047c; June 474 @47lac
stained No. white s514c; No: white, 36ac;
june s7,4as7sae; July s7a9ssiae Provisions
prime $l5. 500 16; family, $179ls. Hams smoked,
12013c. Lard steady; refined: 775G8c; steam,
so93sc. Eggs fr firm. western rsts, I4c. Cheese
fairly active aud firm; Ohio flats. choice,
do fair to prime I29ls soo Other articles s ano
| bu Shipments-Wheat 728 bu; corn, 800 bu;
| oats, $500 bu
CINCINNATI, April Flour dull family. s3. 40
| 1880; fancy $3.7003.9O. Wheat firm; No red,
| s39s5c Receipts, 1,2o0 bui shipments. 500 bu.
| Corn dull and Dropping No. 2 mixed. 39l2039a SIC.
Oats easy: No; 2 mixed, 29la Soc Rye easier; No
s.6olac short-clear s.s7lac Whisky steady; sales,
in M fame Northwestern creamery. So 034c good
extra Ohio and Indiana % SOC; choice dairy roll
| 26927c. Linseed oil in fair demand at 37a53sc
Sugar quiet hard refined, 6a6Ac; New Orleans, IA
| a SC. Eggs frmer at lie Cheese quiet, steady
| good to prime Ohio fat, l1Q12c.
| BALTIMORE. April 4.-Wheat-Western steady
and dull: No. winter red spot, S93ic bid; April 90C
asked May 9ola09o5sc June, 9Olaa9os4c. Corr
Western steady and dull; mixed, 45aa a46ci April
l55s045 7sc May, 465s0 7sc; steamer, 40 As 14c
Oats quiet and steady: Western white, sc 1855
Provisions quiet and steady. Mess pork S15.5od
1880 Lard refined s0sl4c. Butter firm. Egg
steady at 13ls6 l4c. Coffee firm and fairly active
Rio cargoes. ordinary to fair. 1440154. Othe
articles unchanged. Receipts-Flour, II ,615 brls
wheat &c, 100 blu: corn 3S, 200 bu; oats 1000 bu
Shipments-Flour, $1,000 brls; wheat, $4,000 Blu
| corn. II. 100 bu.
DETROIT. April 4.-Wheat-No. white. cash
81 lac; Michigan red cash, 81 ec; No. red, casl
and April S2loc; May, S3lac; June, S3ose; August
Sl4c. Corn. So ac. Oats-No. 2. 2Saac asked
No. white. 81 SIC asked Cloverseed cash, SO 80
| eceipts-Wheat, 81, 700 bu; corn, 10000 blu; cats
> 500 bu.